参议员刘云平声明：会投票反对修订后的SCA5
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加州参议员刘云平Ted Lieu已经明确表示，如果SCA5修订案再回到参议院，他会投反对 票。以下是他的声明：
Thank you for your help and support of me over the years. I appreciate your friendship and guidance.
I wanted to give you an update on SCA 5. As you may know, Senators Yee, Liu , and I were blindsided by what happened. There was no opposition to SCA 5 when it was introduced in 2012 or when it passed committee in July 2013 or when it came to the Senate floor in Jan 2014 before our vote. Every major Asian American civil rights organization opposed Prop 209. In fact, last year the Asian American legal center wrote a legal brief to the US Supreme Court arguing for race to be considered in college admissions.
After our vote, we heard from numerous people in the community. Based on the community’s reaction, I am trying to be responsive. Here is what I have done so far:
--Met with Assembly Speaker John Perez and wrote a letter today to Speaker Perez, join by Senators Yee and Liu, asking him to stop SCA 5;
--Issued a public press release calling on Sen Hernandez to stop SCA 5 (see below);
--Talked to Sen Hernandez urging him to stop SCA 5 (he is thinking about doing so);
--Publicly stated I would not vote for SCA 5 again if it came back to the Senate upon amendment;
--Talked to API Assemblymembers asking them to stop SCA 5;
--Talked to non-API Assemblymembers asking them to stop SCA 5.
As a long-time champion for the API community on numerous issues, it has been personally hurtful to receive some of the attacks from the community. Nevertheless, I am trying to be responsive to the community.
I want you to know I am doing everything I can to stop SCA 5.
